Crossword-Solution: COUNTERIRRITANT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Counterirritant | n. | Alt. of Counterirritation |
We have 3 clues for the answer “COUNTERIRRITANT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Distractive annoyance | 1 answer |
| A MEDICINE APPLIED LOCALLY TO PRODUCE SUPERFICIAL INFLAMMATION IN ORDER TO REDUCE DEEPER INFLAMMATION | 11 answers |
| ___ inhibitor | 48 answers |
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Dermatological complaint
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with COUNTERIRRITANT (5)
She had early learned to ignore his moods, to avoid sympathy which aggravates, and to meet his blues with a vigorous counterirritant of liveliness.
Danger is often the best counterirritant in cases of mental suffering; he found a solace in careless exposure of his life, and learned to endure the trials of each day better by dwelling in imagination on the possibility that it might be the last for him and the home that was his.
They settled down and enjoyed a very plentiful, if rude, existence on the products of their land, game, and fish, amid a fine climate--with mosquitoes enough in summer to act as a counterirritant and prevent stagnation from too much ease and prosperity.
Rub on with feather or soft brush all around, as well as immediately on the lump." This is a counterirritant and often used for goitre.
Preparation of powdered blister beetles (the Spanish fly), used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1998).